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bring home

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  1. Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of “touching someone or something closely.” [Second half of 1800s]


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A single cycle including medication costs about $25,000 in Los Angeles, and many people need multiple rounds to bring home a baby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

During another panel at the festival, chefs talked about traveling to unfamiliar places specifically because of what they could bring home from those experiences.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

“I made a mistake,” she said in a phone interview from Ukraine, as she looked for remnants of a Russian drone to bring home as a souvenir.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

They are hoping to bring home clean water for the rest of their family.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

“All the better for the change. I shall see and hear new things, get new ideas, and even if I haven’t much time there, I shall bring home quantities of material for my rubbish.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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